Outstanding News in Pictures: June 13, 2011

Russian former army Colonel Yuri Budanov was shot dead in Moscow. A Thai green-energy facility, Sai Sena Solar Park, is completed to account for a reduction of nearly 2,000 ton greenhouse-gas emissions. Firemen practice a rescue from a roller coaster in Leipzig at the height of 46 meters. The annual Chinese traditional Dragon Boat Festival takes place in Taipei, Taiwan. Anti-government protesters celebrate President Ali Abdullah Saleh's departure to Saudi Arabia, in Sanaa, Yemen. The wind carried a cloud of ash from the Puyehue volcano eruption in Chile across the Andes to Argentina. All of the outstanding news pieces are captured in rare photos.

Thanks to a telescopic hinge pole lift, firemen can practice a rescue from a roller coaster in Leipzig at the height of 46 meters

A boy is launched on an amusement ride at an annual Chinese traditional Dragon Boat Festival in Taipei, Taiwan

Members of the Iranian women’s soccer team pray in Amman, Jordan at a qualifying match for the 2012 Olympic Games. According to Islamic dress regulations, women must cover their hair in public

Thai Buddhist monks inspect the new Sai Sena Solar Park, a green-energy facility annually accounting for a reduction of nearly 2,000 ton greenhouse-gas emissions at Ayutthaya, about 60 km from Bangkok. By 2020, Thailand is aiming at getting 20% of its energy production from renewable sources

Russian former army Colonel Yuri Budanov, who convicted of murdering an 18-year-old Heda Kungayeva in 2003 and served nine years of his ten-year sentence, was shot dead in Moscow, Russia on Friday, June 10, 2011

A U.S. military plane drops small packages of food supplies for Marines outside Forward Operating Base Edi in the Helmand province of southern Afghanistan when a sandstorm occurs

Malak Al Shami, 6, lies on her hospital bed with a leg amputated after her house was hit by a Grad rocket belonging to forces loyal to Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi. She also lost her brother and sister in the incident

Anti-government protesters celebrate President Ali Abdullah Saleh's departure to Saudi Arabia, in Sanaa, Yemen by throwing a youth into the air and catching him

A mobile phone is examined in a test room by a technician at the Market Surveillance Laboratories of the Information and Communication Technologies Authority of Turkey, in Ankara

Armed supporters of dissident tribal leader Sadiq al-Ahmar inspect damage at his house in Sana‘a. Tribal fighters have faced off against government troops loyal to President Ali Abdullah Saleh